Greenwood Sentinel
Creature — Elf Scout
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #21724
Greenwood Sentinel is a 1/2 vigilance creature for two mana that doesn't affect the board when it enters and doesn't threaten to affect it later. A vanilla beater with vigilance is outclassed by nearly every green two-drop that draws a card, generates mana, or comes with a relevant ability stapled on.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Greenwood Sentinel is unplayed at every level of competitive Magic. In Commander, 99-card decks demand every slot pull weight — a 1/2 with vigilance and no other text doesn't make the cut when green has access to mana dorks, utility creatures, and hatebears in the same slot. In Pauper, the format's creature baseline is high enough that a vanilla 1/2 for two has no home in any established archetype. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern don't give it a second look. The card is legal nearly everywhere and relevant nowhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Greenwood Sentinel is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills out a draft chaff box. There's no demand pressure that would move this price, so that $0.09 is effectively a ceiling, not a floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.